map/filter/reduce/lambda opinions and background unscientificmini-survey

[Robert Kern]

John Roth wrote:
> "Robert Kern" <rkern at ucsd.edu> wrote in message 
> news:mailman.1226.1120271406.10512.python-list at python.org...
> 
>>map and filter are being removed *because of* list comprehensions. Did you 
>>even read Guido's articles about this issue? Your understanding of why 
>>these changes are planned is incorrect; consequently your projection based 
>>on that understanding is not on firm footing.
> 
> May I most respectfully point out that you've got it backwards.
> Part of the justification for list comprehensions was that they could
> be used to replace map and filter.

That is essentially what I said. List comprehensions were made to 
replace map and filter. Now that they are here, Guido wants to remove 
map and filter to keep OOWTDI.

My response was incomplete, not incorrect.

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Robert Kern
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